Synopsis: An old man living in France wants to go to Mecca but won't fly and can't drive a car, so he forces his young son to drive him there.
Appraisal: It suffers from excessive dullness. There are episodic instances of narrative liveliness, but they are not enough to save the film. The film falls in the old cliché of having the initially reluctant son reassess his position, and confess to having learned a lot in the trip; yet it is not clear to the viewer exactly what he is supposed to have learned that is so significant and profound.
NOTE: there is a very obscure plot point for which some clarification can be found in the IMDb message board, under the title "Money in the sock...".
Rating: 35
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